Experiential learning is the process of making meaning from direct experience. Learning is acquired through reflection on this direct experience. It is learning by doing, putting the theory into practice. Experiential learning is any learning that supports students in applying their knowledge and conceptual understanding to real-world problems or situations where the instructor directs and facilitates the learning.

David Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model emphasises a four stage cycle of learning: Concrete Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualisation and Active Experimentation.